1 dead, 4 hurt in collision on Illinois 83

LEMONT — A 49-year-old Lemont man was killed and four other people were injured early Sunday in a head-on crash east of Lemont in unincorporated DuPage County.

Jerzy Mateja, of the 1100 block of McCarthy Road in Lemont, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to DuPage County authorities.

Witnesses told the DuPage County sheriff's office that Mateja was driving a 1999 Dodge Stratus south in the northbound lanes of Illinois Highway 83 at Bluff Road when his vehicle crashed head-on into a northbound car at about 2 a.m. Sunday.

The driver of the northbound car, Diana Prybyl, 25, of Schaumburg, was reported in fair condition at Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove.

Three other people who were riding in Prybyl's vehicle were treated at area hospitals and released.

Prybyl was cited for driving under the influence, Du Page County police said.